Sunday, October 10, 2010

Baby Girl Bliss

Now doesn't this look like a happy bunch? We are all so completely overjoyed at the speedy arrival of our newest little daughter. Hazel Gwendolyn Dahle was born at 12:13 am on October 6, just 13 minutes after our arrival at the hospital! I asked the triage nurses if I could please skip the triage part and just get settled in a delivery room right away, but they assured me that they'd be fast and led me into a triage room anyways. Well, Hazel was faster, so the triage nurse got to do the midwife's job that night! It was quite an adventure! Aaron says that it's the most exciting birth he's ever seen, and he's seen more births than your average dad. For me, the best part was hearing her nice healthy SCREAM right when she came out. Ahhhh, music to my ears. Well, I'm hearing that music again right now, so I'll sign off!

16 comments:

Hi Lowe! said...

Congratulations!!!!! Wow! 13 minutes is pretty exciting! I love her name as well! You guys do look happy together!!! You are a great mom! Love, Jenilee

Karey said...

Congratulations! We're so happy for you! Hazel is so beautiful - I can't wait to see more pictures. Love you guys!

Rachel said...

Congratulations on a healthy baby girl! I'm glad you made it to the hospital:)

Marcie Francis said...

Such wonderful news! And such a pretty name for a pretty baby. We love you!

Melinda said...

hi monette and family, congratulations! i love the name. bet that triage nurse had a story to tell that night. yay!

Rachel Sorber said...

Hooray! I'm so happy for you. Hazel is beautiful, and it looks like she's made everyone very happy. Congratulations!

Unknown said...

Wow, congratulations! What a beautiful family! I'm so glad Hazel is healthy and vocal! That is an amazing birth story too. We love you guys!

Tara said...

Congratulations!!!! I am so happy for you - what a blessing! (hopefully your triage nurse was up for the adventure) :)

Melanie said...

She's beautiful. And I love the name Hazel, it fits in very well with Elodie and Xander.

Congratulations Dahles!

Marc and Miriam Deru said...

I want more of the story later, ok? Wow-- what a rush! I love that name. Congratulations!

Marliese said...

Monette, you are such a pro...maybe a little too good at handling labor--so good that you hardly let anyone else get involved! We are so happy that things went well and that Hazel is healthy.

All of you are beautiful.

Beckie Smith said...

Yay! Congratulations to you! I miss you and your cute/amazing family! Love, Beckie

Tracy said...

OH what a beautiful baby! We are so happy for you and so glad all went well. Thinking of you!

Patti said...

Wow! I'm glad that you made it to the hospital in time! What a beautiful family - you deserve to be wearing all those smiles! :) Congratulations!

Patti said...

Wow! I'm glad that you made it to the hospital in time! What a beautiful family - you deserve to be wearing all those smiles! :) Congratulations!

jessica said...

Congrats, Monette!! What a cutie patootie little blessing...(as Annie would say). We are so happy for you!